Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Attalla Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055010100 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,201 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Attalla
How risky is Attalla for landlords? Census tract 01055010100 scores 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $605 monthly, set against $39,526 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units957
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$39,526
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Attalla and the region
Centroid at 34.0638, -86.0663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Attalla scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Attalla
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$605 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Attalla
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Attalla
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Attalla
5.7
How Attalla compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 96Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 16 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Attalla
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 5.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Attalla, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Etowah County average of 4.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055010100?
Census tract 01055010100 in Attalla scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01055010100?
Median gross rent is $605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055010100?
9.7% of residents in tract 01055010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,201.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 73th, minority 41th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055010100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.62% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055010100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055010100 compare to Attalla overall?
Tract 01055010100 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Attalla at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Attalla; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Attalla
Top eight tracts in Attalla ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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